Samahito, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathabhutam pajanati.
(Bhikkhus, cultivate concentration.
With concentration, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu understands things as they really are.)
This is why beginners are greatly encouraged to practise first
Samatha, so as to develop deep and powerful concentration. Then
can they practise Vipassana, to see the true nature of things.
There are forty Samatha meditation subjects, but we usually teach
beginners anapanassati (mindfulness of breathing), because most
yogis succeed with that method.
In the Samyutta Nikaya, the Buddha praises anapanassati:
Bhikkhu's Dhamma
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